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Engineering Technologies at Virginia Tech

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying engineering technologies, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Tech. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering Technologies section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech

Virginia Tech Engineering Technologies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering tech progam at Virginia Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering tech major at Virginia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	16
Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	31
	73
Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111
	127
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	130
Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools	231
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	279
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	498
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	1,234

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering tech majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

26% Women

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of engineering tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical engineering tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering tech at Virginia Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Virginia Tech also has a doctoral program available in engineering tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

Engineering Technologies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Virginia Tech. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Engineering-Related Fields	43

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	19,650	$47,730
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	12,690	$50,210
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	9,930	$41,500

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
Image Credit: By Eric T Gunther under License

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